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The ABCD Story: A model for learning
BTW Informing Change, January, 2009
(Report to the Community Issue VII). San Francisco: Low Income Investment Fund.

A description of the Affordable Buildings for Children?s Development (ABCD) Initiative and its influence on the promotion of the structural quality of child care and early education facilities in California, with a focus on the financing, capacity building, development assistance, and advocacy program components of the initiative

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After Katrina: Rebuilding Mississippi's early childhood infrastructure: The first six months
Mississippi State University. Early Childhood Institute, 2006
(Mississippi State University Early Childhood Report No. 1). Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, Early Childhood Institute.

An account of the Early Childhood Institute's work in reopening Mississippi child care facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and expanding training and technical assistance to family child care providers

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Building better child care: An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program
Weinraub, Marsha, June 2006
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program, a program to increase child care capacity in high-demand areas of Pennsylvania through physical expansion and renovation of child care premises, based on a survey of and interviews with grantees

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Building better child care: An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program [Executive summary]
Weinraub, Marsha, June 2006
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A summary of an evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program, a program to increase child care capacity in high-demand areas of Pennsylvania through physical expansion and renovation of child care premises, based on a survey of and interviews with grantees

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Building early childhood facilities: What states can do to create supply and promote quality
Sussman, Carl, April 2007
(Preschool Policy Brief Issue 14). New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A summary of an examination of issues related to child care facilities, with policy recommendations for addressing barriers to improving the supply and quality of child care facilities

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Building early childhood facilities: What states can do to create supply and promote quality
Sussman, Carl,
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A summary of an examination of issues related to child care facilities, with policy recommendations for addressing barriers to improving the supply and quality of child care facilities

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Building early childhood facilities: What states can do to create supply and promote quality
Sussman, Carl, April 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An examination of issues related to child care facilities, with policy recommendations for addressing barriers to improving the supply and quality of child care facilities

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Building for the future: A first year evaluation of the ABCD Initiative [Executive summary]
Irie, Ellen, January, 2007
San Francisco: Low Income Community Investment Fund.

A summary of an evaluation of the Affordable Buildings for Children’s Development (ABCD) Initiative to promote the structural quality of child care and early education facilities in California, with a focus on the financing, capacity building, development assistance, and advocacy program components of the initiative

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Building an infrastructure for quality: An inventory of early childhood education and out-of-school time facilities in Massachusetts
Pardee, Mav, July, 2011
Boston: Children's Investment Fund.

A study of the quality of the physical learning environments of licensed, community- and center-based, nonprofit early childhood education and out-of-school time programs in low-income communities across Massachusetts and in Boston, based on observations conducted using a set of quality standards for facilities in a random sample of 130 programs across Massachusetts and a sample of 97 programs in Boston

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Building an infrastructure for quality: An inventory of early childhood education and out-of-school time facilities in Massachusetts: Executive summary
Children's Investment Fund, 2011
Boston: Children's Investment Fund.

A summary of a study of the quality of the physical learning environments of licensed, community- and center-based, nonprofit early childhood education and out-of-school time programs in low-income communities across Massachusetts and in Boston, based on observations conducted using a set of quality standards for facilities in a random sample of 130 programs across Massachusetts and a sample of 97 programs in Boston

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Butte County: Assessing child care economics, needs and transportation: Transportation study
National Economic Development and Law Center (U.S.), 2002
Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center.

An economic analysis of the links between the costs of transportation and child care in terms of income, employment and educational opportunities, and recommendations for better integration of child care and transportation

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Butte County: Assessing child care economics, needs and transportation: Transportation study: Executive summary
National Economic Development and Law Center (U.S.), 2002
Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center.

A summary of an economic analysis of the links between the costs of transportation and child care in terms of income, employment and educational opportunities, and recommendations for better integration of child care and transportation in rural California

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CDEPP facilities study
Stevenson, Ken,
Columbia: South Carolina Education Oversight Committee.

An exploration of the facilities used to provide Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP) services to prekindergarten students in South Carolina

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Child care and transit: Making the link in California
California Local Investment in Child Care Project, 2008
Bakersfield: California Local Investment in Child Care Project.

A study in California of the public transit use, both from home to child care and from child care to work, of parents with children in child care centers located within one-third of a mile of a transit station, based on a survey of parents and interviews with child care center directors, transportation planners, and local government officials

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Child care and transit: Making the link in California [Executive summary]
California Local Investment in Child Care Project, 2008
Bakersfield: California Local Investment in Child Care Project.

A summary of a study in California of the public transit use, both from home to child care and from child care to work, of parents with children in child care centers located within one-third of a mile of a transit station, based on a survey of parents and interviews with child care center directors, transportation planners, and local government officials

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Child care and transportation strategies for rural communities: Meeting the welfare reform challenge
National Rural Development Partnership (U.S.). Welfare Reform Task Force, 1998
(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Rural Development Partnership, Welfare Reform Task Force.

A compilation of child care and transportation strategies for community leaders, state officials, and national representatives involved in rural areas, emphasizing assisting individuals in their transition from welfare-to-work by providing them reliable and affordable access to child care

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Child care facilities development: A report on California's readiness
Low Income Investment Fund, February, 2010
San Francisco: Low Income Investment Fund.

A study of issues related to child care facilities development and funding in California, based on a survey of 181 child care resource and referral agencies and local child care planning councils

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Child care facilities development: A report on California's readiness [Executive summary]
Low Income Investment Fund, February, 2010
San Francisco: Low Income Investment Fund.

A summary of a study of issues related to child care facilities development and funding in California, based on a survey of 181 child care resource and referral agencies and local child care planning councils

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Child care facilities: Quality by design
Proscio, Tony, 2004
New York: Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

An overview of a study on the impact of child care facility's spatial design on children's interactions with their caregivers and the quality of the children's care

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Child care facilities: Quality by design [Executive summary]
Proscio, Tony, 2004
New York: Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

A summary of findings on the impact of building design of child care facilities on child care quality, and a review of programs designed to promote and finance well-designed child care facilities as part of community development.

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Cognitive and affective effects of various types of microcomputer use by preschoolers
Goodwin, Laura D., 1986
American Educational Research Journal, 23(3), 348-356

A study of the efficacy of academic microcomputer software in improving reading comprehension in preschool children

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Court mandates, free markets and the lottery: An exploration of facilities development in states with expanded preschool
Amer, Tarecq,
Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center.

A study of the approaches of five states to the expansion, renovation, and creation of public preschool facilities, and an identification of common elements relevant to California’s efforts to expand its preschool facilities

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Court mandates, free markets and the lottery: An exploration of facilities development in states with expanded preschool [Executive summary]
Amer, Tarecq,
Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center.

A summary of a study of the approaches of five states to the expansion, renovation, and creation of public preschool facilities, and an identification of common elements relevant to California’s efforts to expand its preschool facilities

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Day care center characteristics and children's respiratory health
Nafstad, Per, 2004
Indoor Air, 15(2), 69-75

A study of the associations between children's respiratory health and dampness problems and other building characteristics in 175 inspected day care center buildings, based on a survey of 942 children between the ages of 3 and 5

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The design of landscapes at child-care centres: Seven Cs
Herrington, Susan, 2006
Landscape Research, 31(1), 63-82

A description of evaluation criteria for outdoor play areas at center based child care facilities based on physical factors and characteristics that encourage or support play in preschool

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